§ 2050.3. Definitions.
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
Adult—A person who is at least 18 years of age and under the age of 60, or a person under 18 years of age who is head of an independent household.
Adult day care service—Provides a program of activities within a licensed, protective, nonresidential setting to four or more enrolled adults who are not capable of full time independent living.
Adult placement service—Provides for the placement of dependent adults, who require personal care, in sheltered residential settings, other than their own homes or with relatives, if the primary mode of care is social rather than medical. Maintenance costs, including the cost of room and board, are not covered under this service.
Adult services—The following services funded through the Adult Services Block Grant: adult day care, adult placement, chore, counseling, employment, home-delivered meals, homemaker, housing, information and referral, life skills education, protective, service planning/case management and transportation.
Adult Services Block Grant (ASBG)—A grant of Federal and State money which provides funding to county governments in this Commonwealth for the provision of adult services to low-income adults.
Applicant—A person who requests adult services for himself or for whom adult services are requested.
Child—A person under the age of 18 who is not the head of an independent household.
Chore service—Provides for the performance of unskilled or semi-skilled home maintenance tasks, normally done by family members, and needed to enable a person to remain in his own home, if the person is unable to perform the tasks himself and if there is no other responsible person available or capable of providing the service. The service includes buying necessary materials. The service is provided to maintain the person’s health and safety in the home, not for purely aesthetic improvements to the home or yard. The term does not include major housing repairs such as house rewiring, extensive painting, or activities specifically covered by other services such as homemaker services. Specific activities provided vary according to individual needs and are described in the person’s written service plan.
Client—A person who has been determined eligible for and is receiving adult services.
Counseling service—Nonmedical, supportive or therapeutic activities, based upon a service plan developed with the person, or the person and his family, to assist in problem solving and coping skills, intra- or inter-personal relationships, development and functioning.
Department—The Department of Human Services of the Commonwealth.
Employment service—Activities to enable persons with special needs, including the mentally disabled, who are not adequately served by existing programs, to gain or retain either paid employment or training leading to paid employment. The service does not include the cost of training, including on-the-job training, except in the case of mentally or physically disabled persons working in a sheltered employment situation. The payment of salaries to clients is not included under the service.
Family monthly gross income—The total gross income earned or received by family members during the month.
Home delivered meals service—Provides meals, which are prepared in a central location, to homebound individuals in their own homes. Each client is served a minimum of one but no more than two meals daily, up to 7 days a week.Each meal is well-balanced, nutritious, and attractive and contains at least 1/3 of the current daily recommended allowances as established by the National Academy of Sciences—National Research Council.
Homemaker service—Activities provided in the person’s own home by a trained, supervised homemaker if there is no family member or other responsible person available and willing to provide the services or to provide occasional relief to the person regularly providing the service. The term includes instructional care if the person is functionally capable but lacks the knowledge, and home help and nonmedical personal care if the individual is functionally unable to perform life-essential tasks of daily living.
Housing service—Activities to enable persons to obtain and retain adequate housing. The cost of room and board is not covered.
Information and referral service—The direct provision of information about social and other human services, to all persons requesting it, before intake procedures are initiated. The term also includes referrals to other community resources and follow-up, as appropriate. The service may be provided only by agencies with a defined responsibility and staff identified for providing the service. The term does not include provision of information through the mass media or general public information methods except for the costs of advertising for the service itself.
Life skills education service—Provides to persons the practical education and training in skills needed to perform safely the activities of daily living. The service is provided in formal classes, in informal classes, or, if needed and indicated by an individual’s written service plan, in his own home or community. The term does not include job readiness training, instruction in a language, or remedial education directed toward the attainment of a high school diploma.
Medical services eligibility card—The identification card issued by the Department to persons eligible for medical benefits under the following assistance programs available in this Commonwealth: Categorically Needy Program (cash assistance, non-money payment, SSI); Blind Pension Program; and Medically Needy Program.
Protective service—A system of social service intervention activities to assist eligible persons in a crisis situation. The term includes social service activities necessary to remove the person from the dangerous situation as detailed in the written service plan. The term may also include the provision to the client, for no more than 30 days in a 6-month period, emergency shelter or housing in the form of room and board; transportation services; and if other resources, including Titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.A. § § 1395—1395xx and 1396—1396p) are not available, emergency health services and financial aid only if the client is any of the following:(i) In imminent danger of death or physical injury.
(ii) Abandoned or abused.
(iii) Acutely incapacitated mentally or physically.
Provider—A public agency, private organization, or individual who has been designated by the county commissioners or county executive to provide adult services or to determine and redetermine the eligibility of persons for adult services.
Service planning/case management—Is a series of coordinative staff activities to determine with the client what services are needed and to coordinate their timely provision by the provider and other resources in the community.
Transportation service—Activities which enable individuals to travel to and from community facilities to receive social and medical service, or otherwise promote independent living. The service is provided only if there is no other appropriate person or resource available to transport the individual.
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